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Programme N0312A200010: International Masters in Economy, State and Society - spec. Politics & the International Economy

Academic year 2024/2025

International Masters in Economy, State and Society aka IMESS is a double-degree programme based on cooperation of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London), which is the main coordinator of the programme, and seven other universities: University of Belgrade (Serbia), Charles University (Czech Republic), Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), Helsinki University (Finland), Jagiellonian University (Poland), University of Tartu (Estonia).

The programme, with the first year spent at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London) and the second year at one of the seven mentioned universities, concentrates on the area of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. IMESS is divided into four specialisms: Economy & Business; Politics & International Economy with an emphasis on Economics or Politics; Politics & Security; History & Society. Each specialism focuses on language training, research methods and on selected and important issues of the area according to teaching and scholar orientation of the each of the mentioned universities. Successful graduates will be given a double degree (UCL and one chosen university) and a diploma supplement issued by the IMESS consortium.

Academic supervisor: Mail

ExternĂ odkaz Website of IMESS

ExternĂ odkaz Website of the Institute of International Studies

Politics & the International Economy specialism: course structure

Compulsory courses	30 ECTS
Research methods module	12 ECTS
Language module	12 - 24 ECTS
P & IE electives	54 - 66 ECTS
Optional courses	0 - 12 ECTS
Total	120 ECTS
Master's thesis defence

ExternĂ odkaz (Optional courses see article 5 para 4 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)

Politics & the International Economy specialism - compulsory courses J#0584

Kód	Název předmětu	Garant předmětu	Semestr	Rozsah výuky	Kontrola studia	Kredity
JTM108	M.A. Thesis Seminar I (IMESS)	Vykoukal	ZS/LS	0/2	Z	15
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	Vykoukal	ZS/LS	0/2	Z	15

Total number of ECTS: 30

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	JTM108

Politics & the International Economy specialism - research method module J#0585

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM110	Quantitative Methods	Bruno	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM112	Qualitative methods	Gordy	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM113	Understanding and Analysing Data	Noble	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM114	Political Analysis	Snetkov	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM350	Financial Development	Korosteleva	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM367	Public Choice - Private Interest	Douarin	SS	1/1	Examination	6

Maximum: 12 ECTS

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code

Course title

Pre-requisite

Co-requisite

Interchangeability

Incompatibility

Politics & the International Economy specialism - language module J#0564

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JLB100	Czech as a Foreign Language I	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB101	Czech as a Foreign Language II	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB102	Czech as a Foreign Language III	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB103	Czech as a Foreign Language IV	Frantesová Mazúrková Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JTB158	Russian Language I	Shvedova	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB159	Russian Language II	Shvedova	SS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB160	Russian Language III	Shvedova	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB161	Russian Language IV	Shvedova	SS	0/3	Examination	6
JTM090	Language Course		SS	0/2	Examination	12
JTM415	International Masters: Foundation in Russian	Ponomareva	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM537	MA Low Intermediate: Russian	Ponomareva	WS	0/4	Examination	12

12 - 24 ECTS

Language options:

1. Students take 1st year language module (JTM090) worth 12 ECTS as compulsory and during their 2nd year they can take one or two language modules as electives

2. Students do not take language module during their 1st year at UCL, then have to enrol either Czech Language modules worth 12 ECTS or Russian Language modules worth 12 ECTS

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTB159	Russian Language II	JTB158
JTB160	Russian Language III	JTB159
JTB161	Russian Language IV	JTB160

Politics & the International Economy specialism - electives J#0586

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JEM020	Ethics and Economics	Cahlík	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM027	Monetary Economics	Holub	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM092	Asset Pricing	Čech	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	Holub	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM123	Development Economics	Bauer	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JEM132	Company Valuation	Novák	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM142	Banking and Financial Regulation	Tůma Dvořák	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM167	Comparative Economics	Semerák	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JEM228	Systemic Risk and Macroprudential Policy	Geršl	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security	Laryš	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTB357	Geopolitics of the Climate Crisis	Fiřtová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTB358	German Security and European Policy	Eberle	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM014	Political Systems of East Central European Countries	Kubát	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM015	Economic Transformation in East Central and Southeastern Europe	Jeřábek	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM017	Society and Culture in Central Eurasia	Horák Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM018	Economic Transformations in the post-Soviet Area	Horák Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs	Weiss	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM024	European Economic Integration	Young	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM111	Advanced Quantitative Methods	Makarova	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JTM112	Qualitative methods	Gordy	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM116	Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research	Hanley	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM117	International Macroeconomic Policy	Ji	WS	1/1	Examination	12
JTM118	Political Economy of International Business	Radošević	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JTM205	IMESS Internship	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JTM227	International Ethics between Hypocrisy, Collective Arrogance, and Dirty Hands	Allan Lukešová Pisklová	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM269	Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus	Brisku	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM275	Post-Soviet Central Asia	Horák	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM279	Russia after 1991	Kolodii	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM286	Contemporary Mediterranean	Mejstřík Králová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM287	Czech Republic in the European Union - actors and interests	Šlosarčík Weiss	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM290	International Morality between Ethical Ideals and Reality	Allan Krulichová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM316	Doing Business in Central Europe	Kolmhofer	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM317	Russian-Turkish Rivalry over the Balkan and Caucasus Areas	Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM320	Putin´s Russia	Marian	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union	Šlosarčík	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM325	Small States in the EU	Weiss	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM341	Baltic Politics and Society	Sikk	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM342	Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance	Ledeneva	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JTM344	Corporate Finance and Investment in Emerging Markets	Nivorozhkin	SS	0/6	Examination	6
JTM345	Corporate Governance Privatization and Restructuring	Bruno	SS	0/10	Examination	6
JTM346	Economic Development and Policies	Carreras	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM350	Financial Development	Korosteleva	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM354	Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies	Ledeneva	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis	D.M.Abrams	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM361	Migration in the European Union	White	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM362	Political Sociology	ciuta	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM365	Politics of South-Eastern Europe	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM367	Public Choice - Private Interest	Douarin	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM370	Russian Politics	Duncan	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM371	Security, Identity, Polarity: The Contemporary Debates	ciuta	WS	0/6	Examination	12
JTM375	The Economics of Property Rights	Cvrček	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM376	The Making of Modern Ukraine	Wilson	SS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM377	Trade and FDI Policy with Reference to Eastern Europe	Manchin	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM378	Understanding "Transitional Justice": Crime, Punishment and Process	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM379	Democracy and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Europe	Hanley	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM380	Russian Foreign Policy	Duncan	WS	0/10	Examination	12
JTM382	EU Institutions	Šlosarčík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JTM404	The Foreign Policy of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary Towards Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM412	Contemporary Balkans	Králová	SS	1/1	macc	6
JTM415	International Masters: Foundation in Russian	Ponomareva	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM431	Nations, Identity and Power in Central & Eastern Europe	Mole	WS	0/6	Examination	6
JTM432	Sexuality and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe	Mole	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM496	The Foreign Policy of Central European Countries Towards Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM497	History, Memory, and Politics: Central Europe and Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM499	Genocide and Mass Violence	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM507	Russian Politics and Society	Svoboda Kolodii	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM526	Strategic Studies	Young	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM527	EU Diplomacy, its Security and Defence Policy in action (examples Ukraine, Africa, Middle East) – Shaping Global Security and tackling crises	Merker Tomalová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM528	EU negotiation	Havlík	SS	0/2	Course credit	3
JTM534	Governance and Democracy	Hanley	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM536	Comparative Economics	Makarova	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM581	German Security and European Policy	Eberle	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM615	Post-Soviet Politics	Wilson	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM625	Popular Culture and International Politics	ciuta	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM629	Current Eurasia	Jordanová	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM665	Post-Conflict Societies of the Western Balkans	Žíla	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM666	Migrations in the Balkans in the 20th and 21st Centuries	Žíla	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM668	Political Psychology in International Relations	Smetana	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM670	Postcommunist transition in East Central Europe	Klípa	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM732	Introduction to the theories on EU integration	Tudjarovska Gjorgjievska	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM733	Party Democracy in the EU: crisis and consequences	Tudjarovska Gjorgjievska	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM734	The Crisis of Democracy and Populism: Culture, Structure, Causes, Consequences	Kocián	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM803	Inequality Dynamics in Modern Capitalism	Ranaldi	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM806	Political Culture		WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM807	Governance in the Era of Global Complexity: Eurasia and Beyond	Petrova	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM808	Central Asian Politics and Society	Petrova	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM809	The European Union and its Eastern Neighbourhood	Petrova	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Total number of ECTS: 54 - 66

Optional courses: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the IMESS Optional courses, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the FSV UK, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities.

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JEM020	Ethics and Economics				JPB338
JEM092	Asset Pricing				JEM186
JEM111	International Macroeconomics and Finance	JEM216
JEM167	Comparative Economics			JPM312	JEB103 JPM312
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security				JMM065
JTM014	Political Systems of East Central European Countries				JMM095 JTM139
JTM017	Society and Culture in Central Eurasia				JMMZ178
JTM023	European Union in International Affairs				JMM588 JMMZ188
JTM024	European Economic Integration				JMM322
JTM205	IMESS Internship				JMMZ257
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe				JMM143
JTM269	Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus				JMM130
JTM275	Post-Soviet Central Asia				JMM361 JMM703
JTM279	Russia after 1991				JMM302
JTM286	Contemporary Mediterranean				JMM152
JTM320	Putin´s Russia				JMM025
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union				JMM047 JMM251
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis				JMM171
JTM378	Understanding "Transitional Justice": Crime, Punishment and Process				JMM172
JTM379	Democracy and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Europe				JMM173
JTM382	EU Institutions				JTM022
JTM507	Russian Politics and Society				JMM302
JTM665	Post-Conflict Societies of the Western Balkans				JMM029